UCL QF 2nd Leg: Bayern Munich-AC Milan

Originally Posted by Kaka1899

i guess all is forgiven for the swearing but next time Zlatanov will ban your ass!

joking btw

(who knows he might do )

LOL, it's not about banning someone with alight hand but vulgarity is against forum rules as it's hardly pleasant for other members to read.

And imposing a ban is not up to one mod or admin but is usually the result of all admins and mods discussing it and reaching an agreement over what should be done.

back to the game now:
I think we should start RO as Pippo's fitness, by all accounts, seems to be quite questionable and that most likely means he won't be able to play a whole game ... so, I'd rather have him on the pitch in the second half of the game when the outcome of this tie will most likely be resolved.

Same goes for Sergi ... would love to see him back but let's not forget that the guy hasn't played a single minute for more than 7-8 months now so, I would expect to see him on the bench and maybe get some playing time if the result isn't so favourable for us come 60th or 70th min of the game.

Other than that, for this game I would actually prefer Seedorf over Gorky, at least in the beginning, that is, as experience counts for 2 in this sort of games.

Not sure about janku too - I think we could be better off with one attacking back - either Janku or Oddo - and not both of them at the same time. After all, we don't need to make up 2-3 goals in this game - all we need to do is be patient and take our chances, which will definitely come at one point or another, and keep it as tight as possible at the back.
Not to mention that both janku and Oddo have looked less than stellar defensively as of late.

That's why I would like to see Simic/Bonera at RB and Janku at LB or Kaladze at LB and Oddo at RB. It's true that Bonera didn't impress at RB at first but that was at the beginning of his Milan career and since then his confidence has gone up and he's much more "familiar" with his teammates now, so I think he would be much better at RB now than he was at the beginning of the season.

If the result isn't good for us, we can always introduce another attacking back later in the game ... IMO, however, we don't need to be too adventures in defense from the very start of the game.

As Zlat says, maybe its not a bad idea to play Oli from the beggining as Pippo hasnt got the 90 min in his feet. If we have bad score by the minute of 60, we should introduce Serginho for Marek and Gourcuff for Clarence. Also, its clear Bayern has more running power than Milan so we really need good timing for our subs, unlike Milano match.

This time I want Oddo to finally play some good crosses, same gos to Marek and Seedorf's shots....

The key to MIlan's (unlikely) success today is to control the speed of the game by using their superior technique in ball control; this is the only way in which Bayern will eventually steam out (like Valencia yesterday).

Then, second, Milan must be patient.

And finally, I agree that Seedorf should start over Gorky, who may come in to give more attacking power in the late game.

we'll need an unlikely hero today

Is there live radio with english commentary on acmilan.com tonight ???

Originally Posted by eltomas2

we'll need an unlikely hero today

Big Dida! to score!

Originally Posted by Hitman

Is there live radio with english commentary on acmilan.com tonight ???

Should be, though it says Bayern Monaco vs AC Milan atm.
If you copy+past http://media.esperia.com/milan_eng into 'Open URL' in WMP it should work around kick-off.

Originally Posted by Hitman

Is there live radio with english commentary on acmilan.com tonight ???

yes there is.

Originally Posted by NAMMY

Should be, though it says Bayern Monaco vs AC Milan atm.
If you copy+past http://media.esperia.com/milan_eng into 'Open URL' in WMP it should work around kick-off.

It said Bayern Monaco last time.

dida-oddo-nesta-maldini-janku-gatusso-pirlo-ambro-seedorf-kaka-pippo

Ah.
Never heard of Bayern Monaco, can't be a good team ...

some good news guys theres no Bastien Schweinsteiger in the bayern team hes got a late injury Lell has replaced him

Originally Posted by NAMMY

Ah.
Never heard of Bayern Monaco, can't be a good team ...

Monaco is Munich in Italian. Kinda disorientating when you have french league team AS Monaco in mind.

I was very pessimistic till today, now I'm mildly pessimistic, is that a good sign? I don't know, I just hope Milan will give their all, and if we're extremely lucky the result will follow.

Originally Posted by Pireloke

Monaco is Munich in Italian. Kinda disorientating when you have french league team AS Monaco in mind.

I was very pessimistic till today, now I'm mildly pessimistic, is that a good sign? I don't know, I just hope Milan will give their all, and if we're extremely lucky the result will follow.

I was the same im sure we will do well.

Originally Posted by Milan_Mad

some good news guys theres no Bastien Schweinsteiger in the bayern team hes got a late injury Lell has replaced him

Lell already replaced Sagnol, I think? can he replace Schweinsteiger too? He must be gooooooood.